Six make House call at Chelmsford High

CHELMSFORD -- Chelmsford High School has named February's House Students of the Month. All Chelmsford High Students of the Month are honored at a luncheon by the Chelmsford Rotary Club and recognized at Activities Night.

Hannah Marden, daughter of Lee and Bonnie Marden, is the Whittier House Girl Student of the Month. Hannah is on the National Honor Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society. She is the publicist for the Theatre Guild, and a member of the Treble Choir. She is a four-year member of the Theatre Guild and has been involved in yearly competition shows, fall shows, and Festival of One Acts. She has been cast in "The Phantom of the Opera," and was part of the cast that earned an Excellence in Ensemble Acting Award was a state finalist for "The Thirty-Nine Steps.

Hannah competes for the swim team. She volunteers as a camp counselor, and for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk, Make-a-Wish Foundation, Friends of Music Bottle and Can Drive, open houses and orientation nights, and the Salvation Army. She plans to attend college in the fall.

Jeffrey Breton, son of Michael and Judith Breton, is the Whittier House Boy Student of the Month. Jeffrey is treasurer of National Honor Society and a member of the Spanish Honor Society. He has achieved high honors every term, and is a National Merit Commended Scholar. He is also a freshman mentor, an MCAS Math tutor, a chapter officer for DECA, and a member of Leadership in Motion Everywhere, Mock Trial and the Ultimate Frisbee.

Jeffrey interned for U.

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S. Rep. Niki Tsongas last summer. He is the student liaison to the CHS Alumni Association, a student producer for the Mr. CHS competition, a state champion in Financial Services Team Decision Making at DECA, and received consecutive DECA Awards of Excellence. He also received the Golf Scholar Athlete Award, and was nominated for a CHS Lion's PRIDE Award. He volunteers with the Miracle League of Massachusetts, the 24-Hour Relay, the Salvation Army, Wish Project and the Haunt for a Cure.

Alyssa Soucy, daughter of Stephen and Noel Soucy, is the Hawthorne House Girl Student of the Month. Alyssa is on the National Honor Society and French Honor Society, and is a fixture on the high-honor roll. She is secretary of the Key Club, and a member of the Math and Chess teams. In addition to competing for the soccer and cross-country teams, she has been a varsity wrestler the last three years and was a New England champion as a junior. She was also named Scholar-Athlete of the wrestling team.

Alyssa volunteers with the youth wrestling, the Angelman Walk, Haunt for a Cure, the Community Read-In, MCAS tutoring, the Lowell Cancer Walk and the Lowell Wish Project.

She is considering attending the University of South Carolina or the College of the Atlantic, each of which has a strong Marine Biology program. Alyssa would like to attend graduate school, then focus on environmental studies concerning the ocean and marine life.

Siyuan Ma, son of Zongkui Ma and Yuhong Zhang, is the Hawthorne House Boy Student of the Month. Siyuan is a high-honors student who has been inducted into the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. He is an AP Scholar with Distinction and received a PSAT/NMSQT Letter of Commendation. He is a member of Student Council, DECA, and the Science and Debate teams. He is also a freshman mentor.

Siyuan competes for the cross-country, indoor track and volleyball teams.

He is active in his church and last summer interned with the office of U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas. He plans to major in Engineering with a minor in Business at Rice University, then start his own business.

Nicole Wetherell, daughter of James and Nancy Wetherell, is the Emerson House Girl Student of the Month. Nicole is on the National Honor Society and is a National Merit Commended Student. She has also qualified for a Stanley Z. Koplik Scholarship. She plays soccer and is a member of the Art Club and Concert Choir, and has volunteered with the Thomas Jefferson Forum.

With the Theatre Guild, she has performed in several productions, including the competition plays "The Thirty-Nine Steps" and "Sarut de Morte," as well as the musicals "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Phantom of the Opera." Last year, she showed her versatility by understudying all the female roles in "Brighton Beach Memoirs," and received the guild's Understudy of the Year Award. Nicole has had her poetry published in Birds & Blooms. She volunteers for Destination: ImagiNation, the Speech and Debate Tournament and Haunt for a Cure, and is active at her church. She plans to attend college in the fall to major in Architecture.

Tom Hoang, son of Chi Hoang and Linda Ly, is the Emerson House Boy Student of the Month. Tom is a National Merit Commended Student and is on the National Honor Society. He is active in extracurricular activities as vice president of the Ping Pong Club and a member of the Robotics Club, Amateur Ham Radio Club, Key Club and Math team. During his tenure as director of competition for the Science Club, members have competed in the Massachusetts Science Olympiad and the West Suburban Science League. He picked up a first and second place in the WSSL competition. As a junior, he placed first in the Massachusetts State Science Olympiad's Fermi Problems competition.

Tom was a member of CHS's team that competed in WGBH's High School Quiz Show; he and his teammates placed in the top 16 in the state. He has spent the past two summers volunteering with the Chelmsford Public Schools' Technology Department, upgrading and maintaining computers. He has volunteered at the Mill City Triathlon, the Lowell Jazz Fest, the Angelman's Walk, the Lowell Bike Rodeo, the Lowell Team Cancer Walk and the CHS Debate Tournament. He plans to attend college to major in Computer Engineering.

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